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PONARS Eurasia Policy Workshop

Russia in 2019: What Lies Ahead?

Friday, February 1, 2019 | Panel Videos/YouTube

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9:00 am   Opening Remarks

Location: Lindner Commons, Room 602, GW Elliott School (1957 E St. NW)

9:15-10:45 am   Panel 1: Putin’s Fourth Term

          Chair: David Szakonyi, George Washington University 

Brian Taylor, Syracuse University    

Putin’s Fourth Term: Breakthrough or Stagnation?

Nikolay Petrov, Higher School of Economics (Moscow)                                                     

Putin-the-President to Putin-the-Leader in Another Capacity

Kirill Rogov, Liberal Mission Foundation (Moscow)

What Have We Learned from Putin’s First Year of His Fourth Term? 

Marlene Laruelle, George Washington University                          

Beyond Putin: Russia’s Generations Y and Z

Discussant: Maria Lipman, Co-editor of Point & Counterpoint

10:45-11:15 am   Coffee Break

11:15-1:00 pm   Panel 2: Society Beyond the Kremlin

Chair: Henry Hale, George Washington University

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Discussant: Wayne Merry, American Foreign Policy Council

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David Szakonyi, George Washington University

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Russian Elites and Western Sanctions

Irina Busygina, Higher School of Economics (St. Petersburg)

The EAEU After Crimea: Threats of Exit, More Voice, and Less Loyalty

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